The 1st Infantry Division Dacica was one of the major units of the Romanian Land Forces, with its headquarters located in Bucharest. It was the heraldic successor of the Romanian First Army. On 31 August 2015, 1st Infantry Division headquarters disbanded, to become, three months later, the Headquarters Multinational Division Southeast of NATO's Allied Joint Force Command Naples.[1][2][3]

History

The First Army was one of the major units of the Romanian military in both World War I, partaking in such operations as the Romanian offensive in Transylvania in 1916[4] and the Battle of Mărășești in 1917,[5][6] and World War II, seeing action on the Eastern Front, particularly after the 23 August 1944 Coup, when the First Army fought westwards alongside Soviet units in battles such as that of Debrecen, Budapest and going as far as Prague.[6] Following the end of the war, the First Army was disbanded on 2 June 1947, with the units under its command being transferred to one of the four newly formed Military Regions. This reorganization process was applied to all Romanian armies.

On 5 April 1980, the First Army was reestablished and headquartered in Bucharest, after being assigned units previously under the control of the 2nd Army Command. The latter was relocated to Buzău. Dan Ghica-Radu was the intelligence office chief from 1998 until 2000. On the 1st of August 2000, the First Army was restructured, becoming the 1st Territorial Army Corps "General Ioan Culcer", as part of a wider program to bring the Romanian military in line with NATO standards. On 15 August 2008, as a continuation of the reorganization process of the Romanian Land Forces, the 1st Territorial Army Corps "General Ioan Culcer" was reformed as the 1st Infantry Division, receiving the name "Dacica", and becoming the heraldic successor of the First Army.[6] Units of the 1st Infantry Division were deployed (or deployed at some point) in various theaters of operation around the world, such as Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan.[7] In 2015 the Division was removed from the Romanian Army's order of battle and was transferred to NATO command; forming the framework for what would become Headquarters Multinational Division Southeast coming under the command of NATO's Allied Joint Force Command Naples.[1][2][3]

Former structure

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Who is the new commander of NATO's Multinational Division Southeast in Romania?". Archived from the original on 30 December 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  2. ^ a b Comandamentul Diviziei Multinaţionale Sud-Est (in Romanian)
  3. ^ a b "NATO activates new Multinational Division Southeast headquarters in Bucharest". NATO. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  4. ^ Romanian offensive in Transylvania
  5. ^ Battle of Mărășești ( August–September 1917)
  6. ^ a b c "History section of the official site of the 1st Infantry Division". Archived from the original on 10 January 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
  7. ^ "Section of the official site of the 1st Infantry Division detailing the international missions which units under its command took part in". Archived from the original on 10 July 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
  8. ^ "Section of the official site of the 1st Infantry Division mentioning units under its command and their various actions". Archived from the original on 10 July 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
  9. ^ Military Press Archives
  10. ^ Military Press Archived 18 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, June 2007
  11. ^ Military Press Archived 29 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine, 22 August 2004
  12. ^ "Romanian Military Press" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 11 July 2010.

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